The 800 unit figure for Brookline is not accurate. The theoretical total fror Brookline is 6,990 units with the Globe citing 1,540 as possible per town officials. See:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/15/metro/brookline-overwhelmingly-accepts-plan-rezone-its-major-commercial-corridor-allow-multifamily-housing/ And Brookline is planning to submit with a higher percentage of affordable housing (15%) which is something I am hopeful we will do also. *For example, the town plan now calls for 15 percent of all housing built in the newly rezoned area along Harvard Street to be affordable. That’s the same share in the rest of town, under Brookline’s inclusionary zoning policy, which covers projects of four to 10 units; however, that policy allows developers to contribute the money to a housing fund for the units to be built elsewhere. This will require actual construction of affordable housing units along Harvard Street.* John On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 9:00 AM pamontie montie.net <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > A lot to think about with Brookline’s response to the HCA. > > Just to put things in perspective, Brookline (a town with over 26,000 > housing units) has just passed rezoning that could result in “up to 800 > units” raising their existing housing stock by “nearly 3%” and is > characterized as going "well beyond the basic requirements of complying > with the law.” > > If Lincoln were to do the same, a 3 percent increase in housing stock > would be roughly 63 units. Lincoln (currently 2,078 housing units-excluding > Hanscom) is being asked to rezone for 635 units which is a housing increase > of around 30%? > > I’m not necessarily opposed to housing increases but it makes you wonder > what is appropriate for a town our size. As it stands our multifamily > *existing* housing stock is around 860 units, which is roughly 40% of > Lincoln’s total housing stock. > > Trying to figure this out along with everyone else in town... > _ > Paul Montie > > > On Nov 15, 2023, at 7:39 AM, Bob Mason <[email protected]> wrote: > > > https://brookline.news/town-meeting-passes-major-rezoning-likely-to-reshape-harvard-street/ > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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